Gorge-ous
Those river rafter crafters from Elora have hopped up their wagon train and headed West to do some coast toasting to the original craft IPAs.* For those of you picturing scantily clad sunbathers and surfer dudes and dudettes catching waves and eyes, with a Beach Boys medley in the background, just remember that northern cali is a rough piece of craggy coast not fit for fest or frolic. The question remains, will this be a Baywatch bask in the sun brewski or lost highway drive by sub par suds?** An imbibing seems imminent.
As for Elora itself, no coasts West or East in their general vicinity but there is a Grand River running through it. Literally. A picturesque site, the Elora Gorge, has 22m high cliff walls and trails around and down to the river below. As for the brewer, we did do some Maxin’ Relaxin’ with their session IPA, and JT found the fountain of youth in his Elora Borealis.
This West coast toast pours very clear with a touch of surf on the surface. It has a crisp clean juicy aroma no hops on the nose. It tastes pure unadulterated juicy, a touch of funk and a smidgen of bitters with an almost puree juicy aftertaste. The super citrus fruit salad juicy is not quite over the top and is followed by some middlin’ pine bitters to make a slightly unbalanced but quite tasty combo.
Initially I was worried about too much juice on the loose but it settled into a nice juicy low hops pine bitters easy drinking refreshing IPA.
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